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Kalladamba
Kalladamba (Homalium zeylanicum)

Family: Flacourtiaceae

Common names: Kalladamba, Kalmattiga, Kaluvaluka, Liyan, Liyangu, Manthala mukki, Manthola, Mukki

Distributed in: India, Sri Lanka (Oceania and S.E. Asia)

Common uses: Heavy construction, Light construction

Environment profile: Rare

Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m

Colors: the heart isBrownand the sapwoodRed, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureMediumand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Resistant to termites, Very durable

Odor: Has an odor

Drying Defects: Checking

Ease of Drying: Medium to High Shrinkage

Tree Identification: Bole/stem form is straight

Comments: General finishing qualities are rated as good

Blunting Effect: Little

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Easy to saw

Mortising: Very Good to Excellent

Moulding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Movement in Service: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Planing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Resistance to Impregnation: Permeable sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy


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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity
Density 881 kg/m3
Bending Strength kg/cm2
Crushing Strength kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength kg/cm2
Stiffness 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage %
Radial Shrinkage %
Weight kg/m3
Maximum Load cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Density 55 lbs/ft3
Weight 54 43 lbs/ft3

Density (dry weight) = 53-60 lbs/cu. ft.

Bourdillon, T.F.,1908,The Forest Trees of Travancore,Travancore Government PressChowdhury, K.A., Ghosh, S.S.,1958,Indian Woods: Their identification, properties and uses Vol. I,Dilleruaceae to Elaeocarpaceae,Manager of Publications, Delhi, IndiaHoward, A.L.,1948,A Manual of Timbers of the World.,Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London 3rd ed.
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